So asked a Zogby poll conducted late last months. Here’s how the numbers broke down by age.
|
Age |
% who included Internet |
% who included TV |
% who included radio |
Approximate margin of error (95% confidence interval) |
|
18-24 |
32.5 |
86.5 |
69.4 |
+/-9 |
|
25-34 |
71.9 |
42.5 |
70.7 |
+/-7 |
|
35-54 |
67.8 |
55.6 |
67.3 |
+/-5 |
|
55-69 |
78.3 |
44.3 |
65.9 |
+/-6 |
The 18-24 numbers seem especially striking, both as to their unwillingness to give up the Internet and as to their willingness to give up TV. Query how honest the answers are — maybe some people just like to think of themselves as preferring the Internet, or don’t like to think of themselves as being hooked on TV — but if they are honest, they seem like a pretty big deal.
And, no, I’m not sure why the numbers don’t quite add up to 200%, especially since the none / refused to state percentages were very low; I expect that there were some people who gave only one answer rather than two, but weren’t recorded as none or refused to state.